Toilet or the like cabinet



' J. H.-DYETT TOILET OR THE LIKE CABINETS s iu 3. 1946.

Filed June 5, '1944 INVENTOR. h fljyefi dffarwqy-s' Patented Sept. 3,1946 UNITED", STATES "orFicE TOILET on THE LIKE CABINET James H. Dyett,Buffalo, N. Y., assi'gnor toH'ard:

Manufacturing Company, BuffalmN. Y.-

Application June 5, 1944 Serial. No, 538,867

(o1. s1 2 1s9 1" Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in toilet cabinets or the like,such for example as are used in hospitals and institutions for holdingand housing toilet articlesor appliances. for the'convenience'of'nurses'or the, use ofpatients or inmates. One type of cabinet ratherextensively employed for such purposes comprises an upright body orcasing provided. atits upper or top portion with a sliding draweradapted to contain small" articles; beneath. this a compartment forhousing a wash basinor. the. like, which may be supported on aswingingbracket' by which the. basin. can be shifted from apositionwithin the compartment to aposition. convenient for use in front oroutside of the. compartment; and another. or ,tom compartment adapted tohouse or. conceal a bedpan, or other receptacle or device, thecabinetbeingprovided with afront door for opening and closing thecompartments. or portion. of the cabinet chamber below the slidingdrawer. In. some cabinets.- of this type the. front or outer door isalso. supplemented by an. inner door or closure memberfor the bottom, orbedpan, compartmenafso arranged that'this compartment may be kept closedto conceal or isolate its contents when the outer door is opened to giveaccess to the other compartment or compartments of the cabinet.Heretofore, in order to meet the demands of different users orpurchasers of said cabinets, the manufacturer or dealer had to produceor stock cabinets of two different models, one equipped with the innerdoor and a cheaper one which did not havethe inner door.

One object of my invention is to provide a cabinet of the type indicatedwhich is equipped with the usual outer door, and with guide or mountingmean for an attachable and removable inner door, whereby it is onlynecessary for the manufacturer or dealer to produce or stock a cabinetof a single model, which can be, according to the requirements of thepurchaser or user, either furnished with or left without the inner door,without involving expense or labor, other than the cost of the innerdoor, when it is used.

Another object of the invention is to provide a practical, desirable andpleasing cabinet of the type indicated, which is of improved, novelconstruction.

Further objects and advantage of the invention will appear from thefollowing specification of the preferred embodiment of the inventionshown in the accompanying drawing, and the novel features of theinvention as set forth in the appended claim;

In said; drawing:

Fig. '1 is a front view of. a cabinet; embodying my invention, showingthe outer door open' and the inner doonin place, closing a bottom com.-partment of the cabinet, and showing the top drawer partly in transversesection.

'Fig. 2 is a similarview thereof but. showing the inner door raised togive access to the bottom compartment.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, sectional. plan View thereof on a larger scale,on line 3-3', Fig. I.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation thereof, partly in vertical section,showing'the manner of placing the inner door in position and removingit.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, longitudinal sectional elevation of. thecabinet showing the inner door raised against the top drawer.

As illustrated in the. drawing, the casing or body H! of the cabinet isof. chambered or hollow, substantially rectangular form bothhorizontally and vertically, and is provided, at its top or upperportion with a slidingv drawer H, which may bev mounted in. any suitablemanner, as on supporting guides l2 at its opposite sides on the sidewalls of the cabinet to adapt the drawer to be slid into and out of thecabinet in the usual manner. The cabinet has a front or outer door l3,which may be hinged or mounted in any suitable manner for movement toopen and close the front of the cabinet chamber below the drawer II.Preferably, the chamber of the cabinet is divided by a horizontalpartition or shelf l4, into two compartments [5 and Hi, the upper ofwhich is adapted to house a wash basin or other desired article orarticles, and the lower of which compartments is ordinarily intended forhousing a bedpan or other receptacle or appliance which it may bedesired to keep concealed or enclosed when the front door I3 is opened.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the front edge of the partition I4 is spacedsomewhat rearwardly away from the front door I3, when the latter isclosed, so as to provide between the front door and the front edge ofthe partition M, a vertical space within which an inner door or closuremember I! for the bottom compartment [6 is located and movable.Preferably, this inner door I! is a sliding door or plate arranged toslide vertically for closing and opening the bottom compartment [6, andis guided in its movements by suitable verrtical guides 18 provided inthe cabinet at the opposite sides of its front portion. The guides I8shown consist of metal channel strips which are suitably secured, as bywelding, to the side walls or upright side members of the casing for theouter door l3 and the side edges of the inner door IT project into andare slidable vertically in these guide channels. When the front door I3i open, the inner door I! can be left in its down or closed position,shown in Fig. l, in which it covers or closes the bottom compartment l6of the cabinet, or it can be raised or slid upwardly to give access tothe bottom compartment, as indicated in Fig. 2, as desired. The innerdoor slides up and down in front of the partition M, which thus does notinterfere with its movements.

When the drawer H is in place in the cabinet, the inner door I! can beraised high enough to give the necessary access to the bottomcompartment I6, but the door guides l8 are of such length for the innerdoor, all that i necessary is,to insert the inner door into the cabinetand slip it into guiding engagement with its guides l8. N0 attached partor mounting device or element has to be detached to remove the door andno part has to be attached or provided for putting the door in place inthe cabinet. It is only necessary for the manufacturer or dealer to haveon hand the cabinets without the inner doors, and a supply of the'innerdoors, in order to supply a customer either with cabinets with orwithout the inner doors, and practically no labor or expense as toprevent displacement or disengagement of the door therefrom while thedrawer H remains in place in the cabinet. However, said guides, as shownterminate at their upper ends a distance below the top of the cabinetchamber or of the head member casing of the outer door l3 or otheroverlying portion of the cabinet, a istance at least equal to thevertical'height of the inner door 11, or of the guide portions thereofwhich engage the guides l8, so that by first removing the drawer l I ofthe cabinet, the inner door I! can be raised to a position above or outof the upper ends of its guides l8 so as thereby to permit the placingof the door ll in or its removal from the cabinet, as illustrated inFig. 4.

Thus, it is possible for the manufacturer to make the cabinet equippedwith the side guides I8 for the inner door H, and if the purchaserrequires a cabinet furnished with the inner door, it is only necessaryto put the inner door in place in the cabinet in sliding engagement withits guides, whereas if the purchaser does not want to incur theadditional cost of the inner door, the latter can be left out. In thisway, with a single cabinet, the manufacturer or dealer can meet therequirements of the purchaser, giving him a lower priced cabinet withoutthe inner door, or if the purchaser is willing to pay the additionalprice is involved in applying the inner doors.

In this application the cabinet is illustrated as being of sheet metalconstruction, but manifestly the provision for the attachable andremovable inner door, as disclosed, is adapted for use with cabinets ofwooden as well as metallic constructions. If it is desired to ventilatethe compartment l6 which the inner door I! closes, this can be done, forinstance, by the provision 'of ventilating louvres l9 in the rear wallof the cabinet, as illustrated in Fig. 2. v

I claim as my invention:

In a cabinet having a chambered casing with a front opening, a drawermovable forwardly and rearwardly in the upper portion of said casing, apartition dividing the casing chamber below said drawer into upper andlower compartments, and an outer door arranged to close the frontopening of the casing below said drawer, the improved constructioncomprising a vertical inner door located in the casing in front of saidpartition and in rear of said outer door when the latter is closed, andguides at the sides of the casing beneath said drawer by which saidinner door is guided to slide vertically in frgnt of said partition forcovering and uncovering said lower compartment when said outer door isopen, the upper ends of said guides being spaced downwardly from thebottom of said drawer, when in position, a distance less than the heightof said inner door, whereby said inner door is disengageable from saidguide by upward movement only when said drawer has been removed.

" JAMES H. DYETT.

